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Page 100 covers The Atom and shows electrons, the nucleus, and includes "electrical charge.
Page 101 extends the display across the two pages and progresses to elements, quarks and protons.
Page 102 opens with - What is matter? and closes with elements. ". . the amount of phosphorous in a human body would make 2,200 matches.
Page 103 shows the periodic table with its 118 elements.
Pages 104 and its partner look at radioactivity.
Pages 106 and 107 cover compounds. "Water, minerals such as salt, and the chemicals that make living things are nearly all compounds.
Pages 108 and 109 are held vertically to show a huge flame depicting combustion.
Page 110 is here.
Page 145 ends Matter with a detailed quiz.
Pages 110 to 144 continue the coverage of Matter.
Matter came from the Big Bang* and here is a page unconnected to the Britannica New Children's Encyclopedia - No BANG! in the Big Bang here.
* According to most astrophysicists, all the matter found in the universe today -- including the matter in people, plants, animals, the Earth, stars, and galaxies -- was created at the very first moment of time, thought to be about 13.8 billion years ago.
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